Social Discovery App Sonar Scores Funding From Bing Fund
The social discovery app Sonar has received funding from Bing Fund, Sonar and Microsoft said today..
The social discovery app Sonar has received funding from Bing Fund, Sonar and Microsoft said today.
The announcement comes a year after social discovery apps were the hot new trend at South by Southwest 2012. (The 2013 event starts next week, and SocialTimes will be there.)
Since then, Facebook acquired the social discovery app Glancee, using it to power Friends Nearby, while apps Highlight and Sonar have been relatively quiet.
By tapping in to a user’s profiles on Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter and LinkedIn, Sonar alerts the user when friends or friends of friends are nearby.
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